Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact, according to the University's own rules, ROTC can never be an official extracurricular: "Recognized organizations must maintain their local autonomy...the college organization [must make] all policy decisions without obligation to any parent organization" (Handbook for Students, p. 177)--something ROTC can never...
...main principles of its foreign policy: demilitarization, the absence of force in relations between states, and democratization. Ideology should not influence an improvement or a worsening in relations between states. We started to put these principles into practice. This was noticed in the U.S. Americans are pragmatic. They never believe words, only deeds...
...armed forces in Afghanistan was in violation of Soviet laws, and it really was a violation of international law. I have my opinion about whether this was immoral or not -- this is a separate topic. Why did it happen? It was certainly the wrong decision. The Soviet Union was never planning to solve the Afghanistan problem with the help of its armed forces. It was fantasy to think that a military solution could be achieved by deploying a contingent of 100,000 in a mountainous country with a territory...
...that there is a scar on the body of our society. Our people condemn the fact that we deployed forces in Afghanistan. They believe it was wrong. But it has also scarred those who participated in the war, especially the young, demobilized from the army. Many say they will never be themselves again. I also participated in the war and was there for 2 1/2 years. I was an older soldier who could endure the scars, but the effect on the young was different...
...turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money, kid. But you'll never be able to write about...